the outer islands of japan, maybe a failure in the first or second stage, which would mean that this rocket might not have done as well as the 2009 lift-of, the last time actually made it to the third stage. again we are extrapolating here. what i can tell is you north korea is still mum. they have the biggest story that they have had on their hands and biggest media corps and they are not say ig anything at this moment. shepard: greg palkot inside pyongyang. we will go back to him as news warrants. shepard: confirmed from a media launches in the united states that this rocket launch has failed. the reporting of abc news at this moment quoting an unnamed u.s. official that the rocket failed and crashed into the sea. back to philip yun who son the line wus. philip, you wonder if this is the sort of thing that the people of north korea would ever learn. i guess in essence is this a piece of propaganda for the north korean people or will